The conference programme for 23 November is now available. If you would like to attend and haven’t yet booked, please get in touch. There are still a few places available. Details here.
Articles of interest
The last man to walk out of Delville Wood…was a Dundee man
Gus Hume-Gore – some letters from Skipper’s War.
German online colonial sources
In response to the Guardian article on African war graves, the CWGC has issued the following.
CWGC on restoring the Askari monument in Mombasa
The lengths individuals go to remember the War dead – a CWGC gardner in Egypt
Deadline for Endangered Archives applications closes 11 November 2019.
Medal collectors might be interested to know that Spinks have some African World War 1 medals for sale in their next auction: 27th & 28th November, commencing each day at 10am. See the catalogue for details.
Brian Tarpey sent this in following the article on Dartnell in September.
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